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1240. S. JosikseVi. 



trees, &c., it forms beautiful hedges to cottage gardens, where there is abun- 

 dance of room. 



* 2. S. JosiKjE\4 Jacq. Josika's Lilac. 



Identification. Jacq. in Bot. Zeit., 1831, t. 67. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3278. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1733. ; Botanist, t. 24. ; and our^gs. 1239. and 1240 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Leaves el- 

 liptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 ciliated, wrinkled, gla- 

 brous, on short petioles, 

 white beneath. Flowers 

 purple. (Don's Mill.) 

 An upright deciduous 

 shrub. Transylvania, 

 in shady places near 

 water. Height 6 ft. to 

 12- ft. Introd. in 1835. 

 Flowers purple ; May. 

 Naked young wood 

 purplish green. 



* 3. S. PE'RSICA L. The Persian Lilac. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 11. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. 



Synonymes. Lilac minor Moench ; Lilac pdrsica Lam. ; Lilas de Perse, Fr. ; Lilac di Persia, Ital. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 486. ; and our fig. 1242. 



Spec. C/tar., tyc. Leaves small, lanceolate, 

 entire. Flowers purple. (Don's Mill.) A 

 deciduous shrub. Persia. Height 4 ft. to 

 6ft. Introduced in 1640. Flowers purple; 

 May and June. 



Varieties. 



a S. p. 2 alba Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 

 Leaves lanceolate, entire. Flowers 

 white. 



& S. p. 3 laciniata Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836, 

 Bot. Cab. 1107., and our fig. 1241. 

 S. capitata Gmel. Itin. iii. p. 304. 



t.32. f. 1., Schmidt. JBaum. ii. p. 79.; Lilas 

 a Feuilles de Persil, Fr. This variety 

 has some of its leaves pinnatifidly cut, 

 and nearly all of them cut in some 

 manner. 



^ S. p. 4 salvifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 has 

 the leaves somewhat hoary, like those of 

 the common sage. 



One of the most common, and, at the same time, 

 one of the most ornamental, of our low deciduous 

 shrubs. It is frequently planted in pots, and forced 

 so as to come into flower at Christmas. In Paris, 

 it is said, they retard the Persian lilacs, by placing 

 them in an icehouse in December, and keeping them 

 there till the September or October following, when 

 they will come into bloom without the aid of artificial 

 heat about Christmas. ( See Gard. Mag., vii. p. 247.) 

 Layers and suckers, which are produced in great 

 abundance in any common garden soil. 



* 4. S. ROTHOMAGE'NSIS. The Rouen Lilac. 



Synonymes. S. dtibia Pers. Ench. 1. p. 9. ; Lildceum rothomag^nse Renault Ft. de I'Ornc p. 100. 



1241. S. p. laciniata. 



1242. S. pi'rsica. 



